Location: Palo Alto, United States

Eric Vallone is from Palo Alto, the heart of Silicon Valley, as well as Hong Kong. He has over 15 years of experience spanning Silicon Valley and Asia in technology, professional services, and education. Eric has worked with organisations in the US, Europe, and Asia, including startups from angel stage through hyper-growth and acquisition, as well as Fortune 50 enterprises, such as Apple, Google, Intel, Cisco, and VMware. 

Additionally, as a cofounder of the consulting agency Eliad Group he has worked with social enterprises, nonprofits, and educational institutions, both in traditional and project-based experiential technical education and social-emotional learning.

Leveraging his background working with tech startups throughout his career, in addition to founder and executive coaching, Eric helps to lead internal product development and GtM strategy for ALI for the rapidly growing Indian, SEA, LATAM, and MENA startup markets.

From living and working in these diverse contexts and being Chinese American himself, Eric has a unique perspective that shapes his coaching and facilitation style. His agile approach is anchored in pragmatism, utilising a blend of communication techniques that best adapt to his clients’ cultural and business contexts. Through authenticity, Eric leads individuals and executive teams to higher levels of awareness and accountability against actionable plans.

Eric speaks and works in English, Mandarin, and Spanish, and is working on his Cantonese, Thai, and Greek. He is happily married and together with his partner he is an avid traveler, as well as an experienced outdoorsman and competitive athlete. These experiences out in the world complement his experiences inside meeting rooms and together help him support individuals and teams to move outside their comfort zone towards high-performance.